about? Let me hear from you at your leisure, and believe me
ever yours,

"N.B."

[Footnote 79: Here follows a repetition of the details given on this
subject to Sir Walter Scott and others.]

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LETTER 494. TO MR. MURRAY.

"Montenero[80], May 26. 1822.

"Near Leghorn.

"The body is embarked, in what ship I know not, neither could I
enter into the details; but the Countess G.G. has had the goodness
to give the necessary orders to Mr. Dunn, who superintends the
embarkation, and will write to you. I wish it to be buried in
Harrow church.

"There is a spot in the church_yard_, near the footpath, on the
brow of the hill looking towards Windsor, and a tomb under a large
tree, (bearing the name of Peachie, or Peachey,) where I used to
sit for hours and hours when a boy. This was my favourite spot;
but, as I wish to erect a tablet to her memory, the body had better
be deposited in the church. Near the door, on the left hand as you
enter, there is a monument with a tablet containing these words:--

"'When Sorrow weeps o'er Virtue's sacred dust,
Our tears become us, and our grief is just:
Such were the tears she shed, who grateful pays
This last sad tribute of her love and praise.'

I recollect them (after seventeen years), not from any thing
remarkable in them, but because from my seat in the gallery I had
generally my eyes turned towards that monument. As near it as
convenient I could wish Allegra to be buried, and on the wall a
marble tablet placed, with these words:--

In Memory of
Allegra,
Daughter of G.G. Lord Byron,
who died at Bagna Cavallo,
in Italy, April 20th, 1822,
aged five years and three months.

'I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me.'
2d Samuel, xii. 23.

"The funeral I wish to be as private as is consistent with decency;
and I could hope that Henry Drury will, perhaps, read the service
over her. If he should decline it, it can be done by the usual
minister for the time being. I do not know that I need add more
just now.

"Since I came here, I have been invited by the Americans on board
their squadron, where I was received with all the kindness which I
could wis